Care Minister Norman Lamb said the changes would put people in charge of their care, and promote community support as an alternative to hospital.

This means a lot – but hand in hand – real resources and funding need to be allocated in the community, to teams and GPs who hopefully work with mental health care professionals to look after neglected physical health – and very importantly (in my opinion) ensuring full time professionals trained in cognative behavioural therapy are in place consistantly in the community teams, otherwise this initiative will struggle. 194 more words